Vehicle



(No Model.)

T. SLEVIN.

VEHICLE. No. 424,365. Patented Mar. 25, 1890.

WI TJV' SSES VUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS SLEVIN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,365, dated March 25, 1890. Application iiled February 13, 1888. Renewed March 25, 1389. Again renewed November '7, 1889. Serial No. 329,487. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS SLEVIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Transportation and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of aplan view of my improved transport. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of saine. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line ce, Fi. l.

The invention relates to devices for transporting heavy loads; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts, as hereinafter specified.

The object of my invention is to provide a means for conveying heavy loadswsuoh as iron safes, large stones, buildings, ter-Whereby the weight of the load will be distributed over a larger area of ground-surface than is possible With ordinary Wheels.

Referring to the drawings, A. designates a roller-Way, which may be of any desired length, rigidly bolted or secured, as at a, to the side pieces B. The said side pieces extend above and below the rollen-Way, and also project in front and in the rear thereof, Where they are joined' by the end pieces O. The end pieces O near their extreme ends are provided with the openings a', designed to embrace the side pieces, as shown, and brace-bars h connect the end pieces. The parts B and O, when put together, form a rectangular frame, Within which the roller- Way is located. The rollerway A has its npper and lower sides parallel and its front and rear sides rounded in cross-section.

D represents a series of parallel rollers provided at their ends with journals b', bearing in loose sleeves o. The heads c on the er treme ends of the journals bear slightly against the inner surfaces of the side pieces B, and thus keep the rollers in a direct course around the rolleravay. Flexible endless bands E pass completely around the rolleravay, the sleeves c being secured to the bands E at equidistant points. By this construction an endless chain of rollers is provided to revolve around and bear upon the 1'oller-Way, and the pressure on the ground is distributed to all the rollers coming between the Way and the ground.

The device above described may be drawn in either direction by horsepower or otherwise, and eyebolts d are attached to each end of the pieces B, as shown, to which draftchains may be connected.

Having described my invention, what I claim is` 1. In a transporting device, the combination of the rectangular frame, the rollerwvay secured therein having the parallel sides and the rounded sides, and the connected parallel rollers having the journals b and the heads, substantially as specified.

2. In combination With the rectangular frame, the roller-Way secured therein, the parallel rollers having the journal portion and the head, the sleeves engaging loosely the said journals, and the flexible bands, substantially as speciiied.

3. The combination of the frame consisting ot the side pieces B and the end pieces O, the roller-Way rigidly bolted to the side pieces, the brace-bars b, the series of parallel rollers having the journal portions and the head, the iieXible endless bands, and the sleeves secured to said bands at equidistant points and loosely engaging the journals of the rollers, substantially as specilied.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence ot two witnesses.

THOMAS SLEVIN.

Witnesses:

Osons F. Donnino., HENRY G. BARDWELL. 

